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Simson Garcia | Sports Editor After locking the second seed of the GNAC tournament, the playoffs are all but an if for the Wolves baseball team. Another game result in the conference would no longer effect Western’s chances. One team, however, in the Northwest...

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Tied with Montana State and Simon Fraser at 13-13 in conference record, Wolves softball clinched the fourth and final playoff spot on senior day, April 29, beating out Montana. After shutting out Simon Fraser 8-0, the opposing team...

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor One coach and one player, in one frustrating lacrosse game, came together on the sidelines. The player was down on himself after his team’s struggles on the field, losing to that end. The coach pulled him to the side, calmed him down and...

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor With the GNAC Baseball playoffs quickly approaching, four more in-season games were played on April 28-29. The Wolves secured a playoff spot after splitting the first two games against the Central Washington Wildcats, 14-6 and 5-3. Both...

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Numerous passions have kept junior Bernard Barber determined. In football, rugby, his major in business and his dream of firefighting, Barber contains a love for those things he’s committed to. The way Barber sees it, a love for...

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Soccer season may not begin until the early fall, but a few round robins in the spring will keep Wolf feet running. Western’s soccer team hosted the Oregon Tech Owls on April 21 in a game that resulted in a shutout, 3-0. Intended as a...

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor The clock’s winding down on the softball season and the race for the GNAC championships. The Wolves looked to four pivotal home games from April 21-22 against Montana State-Billings to stay in postseason conversation. The first game...

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Twelve straight runs by Western’s baseball team provided the starting point for the four game sweep against St. Martin’s from April 21-22. The runs created enough separation from St. Martin’s, as the visiting team went down, 12-4 in game...

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor The rugby ruck continued for the women’s rugby season, but ended on April 14, as the team pushed on to another trench match with Cal-State Monterey Bay. Despite the 15-5 defeat, the Wolves gave a copious amount of effort to where a...